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Event 63997

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 28, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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COBAS TaqMan Mycobacteria tuberculosis (MTB) Test FOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC USE.

Z-0762-2013
Recall number
Z-0762-2013
Initiated
November 28, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
335 CE-IVD TDFs; 48 JPN-IVD TDFs

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The COBAS TaqMan MTB Test Definition Files (TDF) v3.0, for both CE-IVD and JPN-IVD tests, being used with AMPLILINK software version 3.3 series and COBAS TaqMan MTB Test Kits, both CE-IVD and JPN-IVD, have an incorrect Target Elbow Max cutoff value of 48 creating the potential for false negative results to be generated for patient samples with Target Elbows in the range of 48 to 50.

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Reason for recall

The COBAS TaqMan MTB Test Definition Files (TDF) v3.0, for both CE-IVD and JPN-IVD tests, being used with AMPLILINK software version 3.3 series and COBAS TaqMan MTB Test Kits, both CE-IVD and JPN-IVD, have an incorrect Target Elbow Max cutoff value of 48 creating the potential for false negative results to be generated for patient samples with Target Elbows in the range of 48 to 50.

Code information

Material Number: CE-IVD: 04803531190 Kit, 05574455190 TDF; JPN-IVD: 04653360190 Kit, 05574447190 TDF. Lot/Serial Number: CE-IVD: All Kits, JPN-IVD: All Kits.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - Foreign (22 EU countries - Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cypress, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, UK); (41 Rest of World countries - See Attachment for full country distribution + Japan, Portugal and Mexico)

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